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India Real Time presents a round-up of commentary and analysis of one of the key news events this week – trouble for the distraught national carrier Air India, which is trying to resurrect its image and brand after last week’s crash in Mangalore that killed 158 people and also had to deal with a strike by workers.

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Never-ending woes! A file photo of Air India aircraft at London Heathrow Airport

A report published in the Hindustan Times said the strike called by a section of Air India employees’ unions may have ended Wednesday evening but the plight of passengers did not. “The operational backlog meant large numbers of flights were cancelled and many were delayed even on Thursday and Friday,” the report said.

The Daily News and Analysis reported “the Air Corporation Employees Union, which spearheaded the two-day strike in Air India has threatened another strike from June 12 charging the management with conspiring to instigate trouble and later declare a lockout in the national carrier.” On Thursday, Air India sacked 58 employees and de-recognized two unions which led the walkout. Read More »

If there’s a message for Air India workers from the last 48 hours, it is this: don’t mess with Chairman Arvind Jadhav or you might be in for a severe smack-down.

The airline’s top executive has had a swift and tough response to the strike by roughly 1,500 employees that crippled Air India’s operations earlier in the week. He’s sacked 58 workers. And now, the company has de-recognized the two main unions that organized the strike.

In a statement Thursday, Air India said the unions, All India Aircraft Engineers Association and the Air Corporation Employees Union, had resorted to an “illegal strike,” that was “causing harassment to the innocent passengers, causing revenue loss and disrupting flights nationwide and to international destinations.”

Those who walked out were contributing to a “breach of industrial peace and harmony,” the statement said, before going on to document legal background to back up its claim that it has no statutory obligation to recognize unions in the first place. Read More »

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